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Beach Weather announces US tour supporting upcoming Melt album
Beach Weather has announced a U.S. tour in support of their upcoming sophomore album, Melt. The headlining outing runs from Oct. 23 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Nov. 9 in Garden Grove, California. Presales are open now, and tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday at 10 a.m. local time.
President Kornbluth welcomes the Class of 2028
Addressing MIT’s newest students and their families yesterday, President Sally Kornbluth and several alumni faculty offered some tips about how to thrive at the Institute. “You belong here,” Kornbluth and others assured the audience, while emphasizing the many ways that the 1,102 members of the Class of 2028 are connected and interdependent.
Readers: Were you part of busing in Boston? Tell us your story.
We want to hear your stories as we enter the start of the school year, 50 years since the Boston Public Schools desegregation busing order in 1974. It has been 50 years since the Boston Public Schools desegregation busing order on June 21, 2024. On that day, Federal Judge W. Arthur Garrity ruled in Morgan v. Hennigan that the Boston School Committee had been intentionally segregating public schools and ordered busing to desegregate the district. The order required busing students to schools across the city to more evenly distribute racial diversity.
Cambridge Rezoning Would Allow Six-Story Residential Buildings Citywide
A proposal to allow for six-story residential buildings across Cambridge, MA would create 4,880 net new housing units in the next decade and a half, nearly 14 times the number of units expected under current zoning, reported the Boston Business Journal. The Cambridge City Council’s housing committee voted last week to recommend that the city’s Community Development Department draft zoning language based on the proposal.
Jashun Cooley ID’d in Boston shooting on Saturday
The name of a Roxbury man killed in a shooting on Saturday has been released, Boston police announced. Jashun Cooley, 38, was found by police in the area of 159 Washington St. at around 9:58 p.m., the police department said in a statement on Monday. Cooley was found with gunshot...
BU Names Jennifer Gunter King First Associate University Librarian for Special Collections
Among her goals: improve access for scholars, researchers, and the entire BU community. Her vast domain includes nearly 12 miles of archival boxes holding papers like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s handwritten blue book for a Boston University class, hundreds of letters between Ethel and Julius Rosenberg penned at Sing Sing prison before their execution, African Ajami manuscripts, and Florence Nightingale’s handwritten letters to military generals about the importance of sanitation, along with more than 45,000 BU theses and dissertations, open access scholarly articles, research publications, and other works by faculty, students, and staff.
Brookline library unveils new automated sorter
The Public Library of Brookline unveiled an automated materials handling system last week, following library systems in Newton and Wellesley in installing the high-tech sorting apparatus. The automated materials handling system is a system of conveyor belts located in what was once the circulation room at the library’s Brookline Village...
Northeastern welcomes first-year students with smooth move-in and excitement for the year ahead
After traveling more than 1,100 miles to Boston from her home state of Wisconsin in a car packed with some of her most cherished belongings, Lindsey Hladio is more than ready to start her Northeastern University journey. The political science and international affairs major has big aspirations for her college...
Ranking Boston College Football's 2024 Opponents by Beatability
The 2024 season for Boston College football begins this coming Sunday, with the Eagles heading down to Tallahassee to open their season against the Florida State Seminoles. BC is coming off a 7-6 season, their first winning season since 2020 (2018, if you want a full season). Many of those wins came by close margins against "lesser" opponents. But much of that is forgotten by BC fans, as Bill O'Brien took over as the head coach for the departed Jeff Hafley in February. O'Brien inherits a decently solid roster but also a daunting schedule, which will be broken down shortly.
How accurate are the Farmers' Almanac winter predictions?
This month the Old Farmer's Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac released their extended winter forecasts. But how accurate are these predictions? WBZ-TV executive weather producer and meteorologist Terry Eliasen weighs in below.BOSTON - Recently, the Farmers' Almanac came out with their winter prediction. And, not to be outdone, the Old Farmer's Almanac (a totally different publication based in Dublin, New Hampshire), just put out its own winter preview. We'd all like to know what this winter is going to be like, so in a way this is like throwing a pile of candy out in front of a first grader. But...
Massachusetts man dies from injuries sustained in motor vehicle vs. motorcycle collision
A Massachusetts man is dead after a weekend motorcycle crash. According to police, on Saturday, at just after 4:30 p.m., the Milford, MA Public Safety Communications Center received multiple 911 calls reporting a motor vehicle vs. motorcycle collision in the vicinity of Cedar St. and the 495 Southbound on-ramp. On...
Voters will decide minimum wage ballot measures in several states
Grace McGovern, a 24-year-old bartender and server at a downtown Boston brewery, recalls one recent customer vividly. He was very rude. It was a slow night, and she only had one table, a large group led by a man who “kept touching my lower back and my leg and making jokes,” she told Stateline.
Facing natural disasters, some lawmakers look to make oil companies pay for the damage
Vermont is the first state trying a new approach to climate policy: charging fossil fuel companies money to cover the damages caused by natural disasters worsened by climate change. Other states could be close behind. New York lawmakers passed their own measure in June, though it’s unclear if Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign the […]
Free community college program begins in Massachusetts
Student debt plagues million of people across the country, but many states are working to eradicate it. Massachusetts is the most recent state to implement a free community college program for residents to take advantage of.
Hopkinton Today: Tuesday, Aug. 27
Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo of the day. A fundraiser has been started for the family of the man who passed away at Lake Whitehall this past Thursday. Through Monday morning, it had raised close to $30,000.
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